As abacus-bead lanterns floated along the winding streams of Qujiang Pool in Chang'an, Moli's Earth-grade Flower and Bird Brocade was eagerly passed around and admired by scholars and literati, the abacus beads bouncing into the character "poetry" on the "High Tang Note". Just as a poet chanted, "A single lonely smoke rises straight over the vast desert," the beads immediately embroidered "Abacus beads roll straight through smoke" onto the fabric, sending everyone spitting out their tea in laughter. Pei Hongxiu chuckled, shaking an abacus-bead-patterned wine flask: "Xiao Niangzi's poetry is even livelier than the water of Qujiang Pool!"
Zhang Yifan twirled an abacus bead pouch made from leftover Heaven-grade Dragon-patterned Brocade, the beads bouncing among the "Abacus Hexagram" patterns on the pouch to form the character "noble": "This is surplus material bestowed by the Sage Emperor himself; wearing it wards off worldly troubles—" The beads leaped into a certain gentleman's sleeve, spelling out "wealth". "At today's gathering, anyone wearing an abacus bead pouch gets twenty percent off Earth-grade cloth!"
Huwa ran past, clutching an abacus-bead poetry pouch made of Human-grade Coarse Cloth, the beads bouncing onto the "Qingniu Protects Agriculture" label to form "child": "Made with the money from selling cloth for the children at the Yi School!" A scholar squeezed the poetry pouch in amazement: "Cloth worth a single string of cash can actually embroider 'Every single gra…
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